Topps Chrome Mahomes, Finest Stafford: SCN Challenge Week 7 results
Every SCN Challenge member is reportedly in the green at the start of NFL Week 7. Alex Llanso leads for a second week, while Topps cards for Mahomes and Stafford show very different results.
The SCN Challenge, a sports-card investing contest, has reached the start of NFL Week 7 with every member reportedly in positive territory. According to the source, that has not happened since Week 1. Alex "CleverCubanCards" Llanso is reportedly leading for a second straight week.
This recap covers the Week 7 standings, the biggest card movers (two of them Topps products) and what the numbers suggest about the current market. Everything below is reported by a single community source; no publisher or grading-company statement backs it.
Who is on top
Llanso's lead follows a profitable trade. His Tyler Shough card rose 200%+ before he sold it the previous week and put the proceeds back into the market.
His new purchase is a 2018 Prizm Red, White, and Blue Prizm Josh Allen in PSA 9. That card is reportedly up over 9% in one week.
Third place belongs to Jason Otero of The BallCard Show, who is up 20.8% on the Week 7 leaderboard.
Card movers
Otero's best performer is a 1998 Metal Universe Peyton Manning in PSA 9, up 260%. His only losing card is a 2009 Topps Finest Matt Stafford, down 14.5%.
The article's author also holds a Topps Chrome card in the contest: a 2025 Topps Chrome Patrick Mahomes Blue Wave /150 in PSA 10.
A listing error briefly showed that card as a PSA 9. As a result, the original $193 investment appeared to drop to $150. Once the PSA 10 listing was restored, the card showed a gain of 90.2%, to $369.
Market notes
Brock Purdy and Patrick Mahomes have been among the biggest card-market gainers over the last few weeks.
C.J. Stroud has played well recently, but his card market has not yet risen. Jesse Gibson sits at the bottom of the leaderboard.
On the waiver wire, Llanso exited the Bo Nix and Tyler Shough markets last week. No one made moves this week.
On the field, Week 6 brought the return of Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels, and Drake Maye returned to form.
Related Topps coverage
Separately, 2026 Topps Five Star Baseball is listed for an October 28 release.
What is still unknown
The full standings are not given. The source names only Llanso in first, Otero in third and Gibson at the bottom. Llanso's overall percentage gain is not stated either.
What it means for collectors
- Grade matters for pricing: the Mahomes listing error swung the card's apparent value between PSA 9 and PSA 10.
- Mahomes and Purdy have been among the recent biggest market gainers, while Stroud's market has not yet moved.
- Stafford's Finest card is the one decliner among Otero's holdings, at -14.5%.
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